rupert's Sumpter, AND Private Cabinet rifled.  
AND A DISCOVERY OF A Pack of his JEWELS.  
By way of DIALOGUE Between, Mercurius Britaunicus and Mercurius Aulicus.  
York  
London▪ Printed by 〈…〉   
Britanicus. 
WHither so fast Aulicus  Aulicus, 
I beshrew you for following me so close Master Britanicus, you have tired me out of a Lordship, a living, a Clerkeship, a Knighthood, or something of note, that I should have had for my good service had not you been, and broke the heart of me, and the neck of my designs.  Brit. 
What news from Rupert, Aulicus? he hath lately had a great fight I hear.  Aul. 
Yea, marry, Brit that doth a little revive me, for he hath raised the Siege at York, taken General Lesley, beaten the two other Generals, wounded Sir Thomas Fairfax, and totally routed them, and this is true I will take my oath of it, for I have the King's hand for it, and he hath Prince rupert's hand for it, and so have all the Ambassadors in England, and he that brought the news first was made a Knight for his labour.  Brit. 
In this manner you get all your victories, and your Deplorations and Proclamations, and thus you make all your Protestations in print, well so we get them, we will give you leave to have the King's hand for them. But what is the reason you travel in your shirt, Aulicus? are you so hot?  Aul. 
To tell you the truth I was even now with a holy Priest in his house, that was troubled with an Ague, and he put off his Waistcoat and ran away, and I ran so fast after him that I was quite out of breath, and so extreme hot, that I was forced to put off my doublet to cool myself.  Brit. 
But I could tell you a better story of Rupert, he was once a pretty young man, and this Kingdom did love him well, and gave him his maintenance, but the Emperor got him, and gave him good quarter, and popery and the young man came over, and lit into ill company at Oxford, amongst Priests and Prelates, Jesuits and Bishops, and bad Courtiers, and there he hath lived with his good Uncle, spoiling and robbing, and killing and plundering, and hopes to be King himself shortly, if his Majesty look not to him, for he doth all he can to get the love of the Cavaliers, a dangerous design. Now, what a horrible thing will this be, to set up such a bloody Prince, but the reason is this, The Papists and grand Malignants fear, that the Scots and we together shall get our King, and have him good again, and then they are undone. But I dare say no more, I must be secret, only this. And it is thought if he cannot be King, he intends at least to undo the Kingdom, that his Majesty and himself shall be both alike, the King no better than his Nephew. Is not this a malicious Prince think you?  Aul. 
You dishonour that noble Prince, whose resolution is so valiant, that all the Roundheads in the Kingdom shall be stain, rather than his highness will let his Uncle be advised by the Lords and Commons at Westminster.  Brit. 
For prince rupert's highness, we hear of his highness, and were it not for the Parliament he would shortly be too high for his Majesty▪ Is it not a shame for the English Nobility to let him alone in his design, that would grow higher than the King himself, if not higher by the head, yet by the Crown. Are these the good Subjects that set up a wanton young Prince, to court his Majesty's Armies to himself, to fight for the King so long, till nothing but his Throne be a seat commensurate to his person?  Aul. 
Can you blame the Prince, for doing what he doth when he sees his uncle cannot subdue the Kingdom by force of Arms? why should not he massacre the Rebels that abuse so good a King, that hath done and suffered more, than all his predecessors since the conquest?  Brit. 
We acknowledge it with sad hearts and hands, he hath done more than any of his predecessors, what do you mean Aulicus, to go about to vindicate Rupert, who hath set the King against his grand Council more than ever his predecessors have done, proclaimed his Parliament Traitors, suffered them to be called pretended houses more than ever his predecessors hath not Rupert protected delinquents ●g●i● Law and Justice? set up a standard for Papists and Foreigners, tolerated Priests end Jesuits in his camp, betrayed the Kingdom of Ireland to the mercy of bloody Rebels by not drawing the English Forces thence. Aulicus this is your meaning, you say true Rupert hath fomented her Majesty to continue this war, to divide the King from his people: to pawn his jewels, and to provide him arms and ammunition to destroy the Kingdom, and to bring his Majesty into these straits whilst himself doth kill fire and plunder, and spill whole Rivers of blood, till the Thames and the Severne, and Trent and Humber, and Owse, flow down in crimson streams? That the Bishops may have way to bring in Popery and Libertinism, the Priests preach Arminianism, evil Counsellors bring in Tyranny, and a civil war eats up the bowels of the Kingdom. And jermine and Digby, Bristol, Cottington, Rateliff, Davis, Dupper, Goring, and Nicholas, may be the only Council to advise with the King against the Parliament, more than ever was known before, and suffer thee Aulicus to rail, jeer, blaspheme, abuse miscall the Parliament without contradiction, and therefore I will follow thee and never leave till all thy villainy be discovered, and I hope to see an end of thee and thy baseness both together.  Aul. 
You are very hot upon it Britnnicus, but for all your curses and imprications I hope to see all the remnant at Westminster that sit voting whilst the Kingdom is involved in blood, and all the Roundheads and Citizens on your side one day to be cut off, man, woman and child, for refusing thus to obey your King.  Brit. 
I pray thee tell me Aulicus, where doth the rem●ant remain, almost 300 sit at Westminster, and at Oxford but a matter of a hundred withal the Strangeways; and all the joseph's, and the james, unless you reckon those in the Duchess of Buckingham's closet; and whether is it not better to sit voting at Westminster, then to sit doting in a bean field, as Rupert did under the blosumes when he was vouted lately at York, who hath been all this while not only involving but dissolving the Kingdom, dis-parliamenting that great Council. It is true the Kingdom is in blood, but who opened the veins of the Protestants, and let out the blood of our brethren of Scotland, and made the streams of Tine run crimson, It is true, our Parliament fits and votes, and Rupert involves it in blood, and our Parliament is the only pole and centre the Kingdom rests on, their residence and combining fixes the State and Nation and keeps it from confusion. This is that which he would slay: for he knows the being of a Parliament, the essence of such a Senate shows vigour and strength, and activity in all the parts, and all the powers, and engines, and machinations of the Enemy is to disarm, to murder, to massacre, to unprivilegde this Parliament.  Aul. 
The Prince is wise and valiant, and those that are about him are so tender of his honour, that they will not leave his Highness, whilst they have one drop of blood in their bodies, is this great work that they are about to subdue, and utterly root out you and all the faction, that will not throw their necks under the feet of his Highness, in obedience to King Charles.  Brit. 
Indeed you may call Rupert his Highness, for he hopes to be higher than his Majesty, if all be true I hear from thence, Rupert is fitting his head for a Crown, and hath a Montero: which he means to make use of under it; if his head be not too little for it: as it must needs be indeed. But what shall that Kingdom do where he gets the Crown? for he will presently send it after the Jewels. But before the Crown be set upon his head, I would first have his head at a reasonable distance from the wilder part of his body.  Aul. 
You would have him beheaded then, would you, truly that were a thousand pities, for if he were gone, I think we should never have such a Champion again to follow the business home; he subdues all where he comes, and spares neither man, woman, nor child. The last Sunday I was meditating of his Majesty's Coronation, and then you would not think how it troubled me to consider of the Treasons, and Covenants, and close Committees, and looking in my Calendar, I found the noble Prince Rupert recorded the very next day after his Majesty's Coronation in M. N●worths Almanac, this was a providence?  Brit. 
This is a malignant Oxford papistical trick, to put Rupert so close to the Coronation, how dare you thus go about to inaugurate the wild Prince, I warrant thou wouldst be the first that would worship him if he should come to the Crown, and he bade fair for it, before his routing at York, the soldiery began to admire him, and he rid in state upon the trappings of his success, and one said, It is pity your Highness is but a Commander of horse you are worthy to command a Kingdom, an other whispers him, that the people's eyes are upon him, and the youngman rid fare higher in his saddle than he doth now: Would it not have been a pretty feat to have seen him conquer an inheritance for himself in the name of his Majesty: but God be blessed, he is now cut short▪ and we hope shortly to see the hot spirited youngster see all his hopes quite frustrate.  Aul. 
Oh if you had seen how he was beloved in Lancashire; you would not offer to speak so, when he was there with his Army before the fight? he did much increase it, with the Catholics of those parts: he set on the Commission of Array with success, and the Earl of Derbies' Dependants resorted to him, and Colonel Goring hath been so active since his liberty; that he never took rest since his lodging in the Tower: and with a great Army the Prince marched like the swift clouds, to raise the siege at York.  Brit. 
God be thanked, that Cloud did much obscure the North, but it is now dissipated, and God hath given his servants, a glorious victory over the Enemies of their Religion and liberty. The plundering Prince with his Irish Rebels papists, and other desperate Russians were totally routed, and defeated, 3000 of them being ●●aine on the place, and 1500 taken with 3 piece of Ordnance, 10000 Arms with all their Ammunition, bag and baggage, 100 and odd Colours. And whilst our soldiers were in the heat of execution, Prince Rupert was much beholding to the gallantry of his Horse who in the conclusion surpassed all the rest of his followers in swiftness.  Aul. 
Indeed the Prince was sent to relieve York, but he hindered them, and fought with the Roundheads against the Council and advice of the Commanders.  Brit. 
It pleased God it should be so, that so by this means he might be routed; but it hath so displeased the Earl of Newcastle, that hath left his Commission behind him, and it is brought up to the Parliament, but he is fled after his plunder, and so I warrant you will Rupert after him shortly.  Aul. 
No such matter, The Prince hath rallied his m●n again, and recruted himself, and is four or 5000 ●●rong again; and hopes to recrute his honour too. The papists have not quite taken off their hopes from him; it is hoped he will do well enough with his horse to rang up and down till the popish Irish good subjects come over to join with him for the defence of the Protestant Religion, and the liberty of the Subject.  Brit. 
We believe the Irish are preparing to come, because we hear Rupert … s to meet the●, but sure it was not the Piddlers, but our Cannons at the Leaguer, that made him dance in the Bean field, till he was so fain to lie down and sing— the lamentation of a total routing.  Aul. 
You will talk of great matters: as you did of the taking of York, Newcastle, Oxford: but you see we keep them still, and were very near the taking of Hull, which we hoped would have been delivered up to us.  Brit. 
Indeed Aulicus this is that which hath done us 〈◊〉 mischief. You have had them amongst us ●…ho h●●● acted for you: We found in rupert's Sumpter such 〈…〉 have discovered all your tricks, and we see now how you come to cheat us of Towns and Castles formerly, and how you come by all your intelligence of our proceed. There we found C. R. which certified how willing and ready Sir john Hotham was to deliver up Hull to the marquis of Newcastle. There we found a discovery of the Lord Rochfords intelligence given to the King's forces, for which the King had signed his Pardon. You may well presume upon Victories, and go on in your plots and contrivements against us: when you can have intelligence from a Peer out of our own house of Lords. But now we shall look to you hereafter, and labour to prevent the same as well as we can.  
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